Powerful Olympic Moments: A Look Back At The 1996 Atlanta Games

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August 13th, 2020

“There was this moment, as the flame was being passed, I will never forget the look in his eyes,” Janet Evans recalled this week in an interview with The Associated Press about passing off the flame to Muhammad Ali at the 1996 Summer Games. “You could feel it. It was so meaningful to him. You could just see it in his eyes. It didn’t take any words.”

Michael Probst / Associated Press file

With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. Here are some of the notable moments of the 1996 Atlanta Games, where Muhammad Ali provided the greatest moment before the competition even began.

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Less than 24 hours before the opening ceremony of the Atlanta Olympics, at a secretive midnight practice run, Janet Evans finally got the word.

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